This week on The Local Beat we only have one guest to welcome. At 6 p.m. Jeff Crawford of Arbor Ridge Studios is coming on to chat about a new project. In addition to being active in over five dozen bands (only a slight exaggeration) and heading popular local recording studio Arbor Ridge Studios, Jeff is also the music director at The Gathering Church in Durham. The Gathering Church has been meeting since 2009 at Creekside Elementary School and has become well known for its worship services with Jeff's musical talents taking stage. In 2010 the church [...]
Welcome to FWBA's best-of 2011. This has been such a meaningful year in music to me that it's tough to represent in one post. I'm going to be honest, this took me quite a long time. I wanted to do this year justice because personally, it was a total dream: living in San Diego working with some of my favorite artists, going to SXSW and Lollapalooza, seeing Dave Bazan in stranger's living rooms, Feist play a hometown show, saw tune-yards electrified show at Soda Bar clocking in as one of my favorite performances, watching Zach Rogue and my boyfriend playing [...]
We all love lists, and we all love sarcasm. Though, I think its important to reflect upon the last year of music, I'm going to do so through the use of a list. It was a fantastic year full of awesome albums, and I'm going to count down a bunch of my favorites, and give you something to listen to while reading. 40. Floating Action - Desert Etiquette Floating Action - Rincon The dusty, jangly Desert Etiquette is Floating Action's second release. The album has a great old feeling, [...]
Last year, former Dr. Dog drummer Juston Stens branched out with a promising EP of original material as Juston Stens & The Get Real Gang. I've been a huge fan of Stens since he first introduced me to Floating Action via his pitch-perfect cover of "Don't Stop Loving Me Now." Stens is now back in writing and recording mode, though this time under a different set of circumstances. He's creating his first full length album by way of his 1972 Triumph motorcycle, stopping in a dozen cities across the country to collaborate with musicians and friends. The stops [...]
I got an email from the nice folks over at Father/Daughter Records yesterday that introduced me to a band called Oregon Bike Trails . I listened to their newest track close to 10 times over the course of the day and it got me pretty excited to hear what other gems are being released by the small record label. If you are a fan of vinyl then head over to their website to check out the goods, hear some tunes on their Soundcloud Page, and maybe even buy some records. Along with the Oregon Bike [...]
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I whip my hair back and forth. Not because I am a teenage girl (although I sometimes act like one) but because there is a party. No, it's not in my pants. This party is in my ears, and soon it will be in yours as well. I am pleased to present to you The Indie Sabbath - more refreshing than an ice-cold soda in the middle of the desert. For me, music is the purest form of communication this world has to offer. I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. [...]
Check out the new video for Floating Action's "Lost All My Money." Floating Action is fresh off touring their newest album 'Desert Etiquette,' which I recommend picking up. Check out my review . Buy Desert Etiquette
Generationals drummer Tess Brunet recently posted an unmastered cut from her forthcoming solo debut as Au Ras Au Ras . I've been keeping a close eye on the project since helping Kickstart it back in October , and then perhaps even more so after learning Everybody Taste favorite Seth Kauffman of Floating Action would be producing the record. "Jon," set on a train with a lovelorn drifting narrator, is a promising taste of things to come with a raw bass and soft organ riding on top of steady uptempo drums and Brunet's honeyed intimate vocals. [...]
I am nothing, if not a rabid Dr Dog fan. Ever since seeing them at Lollapalooza a few years back I have made a point of seeing them every time they come around, so I was crushed when the Tampa Bay Area wasn't part of the tour announcement following the release of their last album, Shame, Shame . In fact, I summed up my review of that album with the following, " This one goes on my personal essential listening list, and if these guys come anywhere near you, don't [...]
Photo by Andrew Loyd The Philadelphia-based psychedelic, indie rock group Dr. Dog performed a stellar show Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Cat's Cradle. They performed a most appropriate set of songs exploring their three latest albums: We All Belong , Fate , and Shame, Shame . The crowd was primed with the lovely set from the North Carolina group Floating Action . They set the stage to what ended up being the best Dr. Dog show I have seen; being that [...]
Photo by Andrew Loyd The Philadelphia-based psychedelic, indie rock group Dr. Dog performed a stellar show Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Cat's Cradle. They performed a most appropriate set of songs exploring their three latest albums: We All Belong , Fate , and Shame, Shame . The crowd was primed with the lovely set from the North Carolina group Floating Action . They set the stage to what ended up being the best Dr. Dog show I have seen; being that [...]
Singles White Denim - "Drug" From D High Highs - "Horses" New Tra ck from High Highs' Bandcamp The Blue Eyed Shark Experiment - "Tap Dance" From The Fluffer , out now on Sidewalk 7 Diamond Doves - "Club Night" New track featuring members from Elvis Perkins [...]
In the digital age, it's a near impossible feat to keep track of the endless stream of releases. What's even more frustrating is hearing a song you absolutely love and connect to only to forget the name of the artist the next day. As the days grow longer again, so it seems does the list of bands "you have to listen to." With that in mind, Everybody Taste presents 2011 In Briefs : a weekly updated pool of talent with brief descriptions and links to guide you to and remind you of all the great music that's [...]
It wasn't hard to pick the lead single for this week's Best New Releases feature. It is a great track, and our song of the day, "Love and Leave," from Chicago indie band Scattered Trees. The dreamy, lush track is a near instant MP3 hit, and contains an ironic anthemic quality, not to mention sounding [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
North Carolina's Floating Action got their name from an old Gretsch bass drum pedal , which is a great name for a band that's technically skilled with a retro (fifties/sixties) sound. This one's fried chicken for the soul, too. ( via ) Floating Action: Please Reveal.mp3 (recommended)
Having spoken of Port St. Willow here before and having listened to and been moved by 'Even' in the past few months, it should come as no surprise that I'm loving this new track I stumbled upon this morning. Even better is the project that brought forth this new jam, Shaking Through . Put on by Weathervane Music and WXPN , Shaking Through is billed as a musical and video web series designed to help out the indie artist. Fuck yes. I'm spoken about [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 43 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Moby, Peter Bjorn and John, Katie Costello, Katy Perry, Grails, Freddie Gibbs, Five O'Clock Heroes, Diamond Rings, Chiddy Bang and more! So much more! DATE: 02-17-11 WRITER: Don Loder Awright junky, So here we go, dancin' the time warp again. Here's me - yer ever-lovin' Don Loder - carryin' a great big bag o' SWAG, an' 'ere's you - startin' to feel the itch. Ya gonna try an' take [...]
Named after a vintage Gretsch bass drum pedal, Floating Action is the pseudonym of Black Mountain, North Carolina-based musician, songwriter, and producer Seth Kauffman. Following the 2007 homemade gem Research (released under his own name) and Floating Action's gorgeously understated self-titled follow-up from 2009, Park the Van will be releasing Desert Etiquette, Kauffman's third full-length with the New Orleans based indie label. Kauffman wrote the lyrics for the Desert Etiquette in two days, then recorded the album over a concentrated period of 48 total hours. The process was sudden, pure—an explosion of inspiration that dictated being harnessed [...]
Floating Action will release the album Desert Etiquette next week on February 2nd. See what you feel with a listen to "Please Reveal" and a couple other tracks . http://www.parkthevan.com
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